Nonetheless, lifting the monument status would open the land up to other possible uses.
Officials of the United Nationas Transitional Authority in Cambodia, or UNTAC, say that the guerillas' advance was met with little resistance from the Cambodian National Army, for its men were under orders not to open fire inside the monument grounds.
In one of his final acts in office, President Clinton signed an order that designates two historic fortresses on Governors Island as national monuments, opening the island to the public for the first time and nudging the federal government closer to returning the rest of the island to New York, it was announced today.
20 NEW YORK/REGION 29-34 Clinton Designates Forts As National Monuments In one of his final acts in office, President Clinton designated two historic fortresses on Governor's Island as national monuments, opening the island to the public for the first time and nudging the federal government closer to returning the rest of the island to New York.
Meanwhile, in nearby Foley Square, public-art advocates opened the Freedom of Expression National Monument: a massive, elevated megaphone that faced what was once the World Trade Center.
While it's true that the land remains public and under federal control, withdrawing monument status opens the door for drilling, mining and other development.
Cover image: Alexander Prokopchuk, Russian candidate to head Interpol, during a ceremony to open a monument to police in Bangkok, Thailand in this December 2015 handout.
From the distant steps of the newly opened war monument it didn't so much resemble a double-sided statue as a displaced Besser brick – an odd disjunctive barrier to the eye following the otherwise unbroken land axis.
If they wanted to visit the open square in the monument district, or the fountains in the neon district, they would have to wait until the population diminished.
